Toy



W. A. BREUER TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11. 1921.

Patented Nov. 7; 1922.

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ATTORNEY Patented Nov. '7, i922.

UNHTED STATES WALTER A. BREUER, orsr. LoUrs, rrrssouar.

TOY.

Application filed April 11, 1921.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that T, WALTER A. BREUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys,

of which the following is a spcification.

My invention has relation to improvements in toys, particularly toys of a character that will make them especially desirable for use as advertising novelties, and consists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a toy comprising a body portion representing a. bird (especially a Woodpecker) said toy being capable of manipulation so as to mimic the pecking pro pensities of the bird. A further object is to provide a toy embodying means for carrying an advertisement or other feature. Further and other advantages will be better apparent from a detailed description of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 represents a child manipulating the toy so that the same will be caused to mimic a Woodpecker; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the toy; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a development of the toy showing the blank from which the same is made; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the toy showing the outline of a Woodpecker on the side wall thereof and a conventional marking on the tab to represent an advertisement.

Referring to the drawings C represents a child holding the toy T in one hand, the toy being positioned just above the other hand so that it will strike the thumb thereof when the child blows against the toy. The ma nipulation of the toy will be more fully described hereafter.

The body of the toy T is formed from a blank 1 of paper or other suitable material, said blank comprising a portion 2 which forms the body proper of the toy and a portion 3 which forms a terminal tab. A flap 4 projects from one-half the free edge of the 5() portion 2, and if desired a reinforcement 5 may be placed over the neck 6 where the body proper joins the tab The object of the reinforcement 5 will presently appear.

Serial No. 460,3l5.

In forming the toy the blank 1 is folded upon itself along the center line (dot and dash) 7, the flap 4 having previously been folded along the line '4", the respective halves of the folded blank now being secured together at the flap end by means of adhesive, which causes the flap to adhere to the adjacent half of the blank.

The toy as represented in Figures 2 and 3 is now formed, and comprises side walls 8 and 9 joined along a line 10, thus virtually resulting in an end wall, within which is formed a pocket P, when the walls 8 and. 9 are spread apart.

The operation of the toy is as follows: The neck 6 of the toy is grasped between the fingers of one hand, resulting in spreading apart the walls 8 and 9 and opening the pocket P. The thumb nail of the other hand is now brought in proximity with the corner 0 of the toy (Fig. 1) and the operator blows into the pocket P. The current of air directed into the pocket will cause the toy to swing downwardly, with the neck 6 as a fulcrum, the corner a striking the thumb nail with a tapping sound not at all unlike the pecking of a Woodpecker. Because of the similarity of this sound to a woodpeckers tapping, interest and animation are added to the toy if a Woodpecker is marked on the outside of the walls 8 and 9 (Figures 1 and 5). If the breath is directed into the pocket P intermittently in rapid succession a Woodpecker may be very accurately mim-' icked. In order to cause the toy to vibrate toward and away from the thumb under influence of the breath it may be desirable to reinforce the neck 6 to give it the required resilience, however, this will not be necessary where the material has the proper de gree of stiffness.

After the toy has been operated a number of times, the tab 3 will be spread (from handling) to a partial open position (Fig. 5) and the inside of the tab exposed. It is therefore an advantage to place on the inside of the tab advertising matter a whereupon the toy will posses advantages as an advertising novelty.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A toy comprising a blank folded along its longitudinal. center line, the adjacent side walls thus formed being secured together pocket terminating in portions shapedto form a tab when the pocket is open, and a flexible neck connecting said pocket and tab, 10

said toy being capable of vibration when supported at the neck.

In testimony whereof I "hereunto affix my signature.

WALTER A. BREUER. 

